The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 11th January 2018 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 11th January 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: School flooded by water — an event on a special day there?SPEECHAAcross 4: Plain course of action read outSTEPPEAAcross 9: Care for less than a shilling in old moneyTENDAAcross 10: Hide male in a foul cage after beatingCAMOUFLAGEAAcross 11: Calling someone concerned about recreational drugCAREERAAcross 12: Legal right allowing oriental fellows to occupy their quarterEASEMENTAAcross 13: Speed with which wine goes to head after end of lunchHASTINESSAAcross 15: Ear's twitching after second bit of gossipOTICAAcross 16: Firm doing better as result of masterstrokeCOUPAAcross 17: How we count, see, showing passionINTENSELYAAcross 21: Try to recruit leader, one for Everest expeditionHEADHUNTAAcross 22: Spirit a Parisian gets before feastUNDINEAAcross 24: Crude weapon that could be nasty problem to BritishPETROL BOMBAAcross 25: Birds making sad noises, any number goneMOASAAcross 26: Host in minimal attire outside front of restaurantTHRONGAAcross 27: Farming complex needs good stretch of countryGRANGEDDown 1: Unusual sonata, nothing to be missed, this person's penned?SMETANADDown 2: US singer's CD reached No 1, surprisinglyEDDIEDDown 3: See 2COCHRANDDown 5: What's obviously right is repressed by president endlesslyTRUISMDDown 6: All-round experts in HE establishment no longer having single academic disciplinePOLYMATHSDDown 7: "Brussels" officer in charge of a controversial selection procedureEUGENICDDown 8: What may come from inane impostor?IMPERSONATIONDDown 14: The reporter initially has to keep working for the TimesTHUNDERERDDown 16: Cold time of austerity with me put in as PMCLEMENTDDown 18: Sign up to introduce honoured member producing a European codeENUMBERDDown 19: Row, given time, leads to bloodLINEAGEDDown 20: Dark, ’orrible place to the north hiding bright light — quite the oppositeSULLENDDown 23: Baddie having a brief time in wicked place?DEMON